Madness, Mayhem and Motherhood

At 26, Nikki found herself knocking on her best friend's door with a suitcase, a jar of coins and two little boys-all she had in the world. Madness, Mayhem and Motherhood is her funny, sad and brutally candid account of her life through poverty, homelessness, child-rearing, friendships, lust, love and loss. Whether she was cleaning the houses of millionaires to put food on the table, falling hard for The Wiggles, drowning in cask wine, living in a tent, or dealing with predatory landlords, Nikki refused to go under. Her love for her children pulled her through the darkest days. Being a poor, mad mother has its challenges but Nikki McWatters humanizes the face of poverty, while arm-wrestling her mental illness into submission and packing school lunches like a boss. This book is a powerful, touching and wildly entertaining story of maternal endurance.